Whether you live on a beach or in the city, the perfect summer nail art is underwater-inspired. It's bright, colorful, and completely adorable. Plus, there's so much for inspiration: You can go nautical or nautilus, seashells or seahorses. This time, though, the octopus won out, and he is so cute! Don't worry—he's easier than you think. Round up a a base coat; a light blue base color; polishes in white, black, red, dark red, and light pink; a thin nail art or striping brush; dotting tools; and a topcoat.

2. Using a thin nail art or striping brush, draw eight curved lines out from the circle as shown. Continue the eight legs onto your second and fourth nails, four legs on each. Flick the brush at the end to get a nice point on each leg.

3. Add shading using a darker red polish. Be sure to curl the ends of each tentacle.

4. Use the tip of a nail art brush to add light pink polka dots to the tentacles. Don't forget the tentacles on your middle fingernail!

5. Using a dotting tool and white polish, add eyes to the face of the octopus.

6. Finally, add black dots to the center of the eyes with a smaller dotting tool or a toothpick. Once that dries, add a topcoat to seal in your summer nail art.

Alice Sanderson

Hi! I'm Alice, I'm 19 years old and I'm in my second year studying history at the University of Sheffield, in the UK. I've been doing nail art for about three years, having started in order to stop myself from biting my nails. I used to think of nails as a backup to my degree, but now I’m not so sure!

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